clouting 的 2 个定义
- a blow, especially with the hand; cuff: The bully gave him a painful clout on the head.
- Informal. pull; strong influence; muscle, especially political power: a wealthy campaign contributor with clout at city hall.
- Baseball. a long hit, especially an extra-base hit: A hard clout to deep center field drove in the winning run.
- (6)
- to strike, especially with the hand; cuff.
- Archaic. to bandage.to patch; mend.
clouting 近义词
power
hit
更多clouting例句
- One thing the data showed was that the league’s low positivity rate wasn’t just accomplished with deep pockets and clout, though it used both of those.
- Amazon has repeatedly denied it uses its market clout to compete unfairly.
- Last summer, Bezos was summoned to Capitol Hill to testify virtually alongside the CEOs of Apple, Google and Facebook before a House antitrust subcommittee investigation on the clout of the tech behemoths.
- As much as I appreciate high-caliber content, I shudder at the prospect of a world where a16z carries more media clout than the Times or the Wall Street Journal.
- Tuesday’s Georgia runoff elections could hand Democrats an effective majority in the Senate, providing them somewhat more clout to set a health-care agenda.
- The great migration to the North through World War II had given black people at least some clout as they began to vote Democratic.
- But the two also could abstain from caucusing with either party and possibly have even more clout.
- Military victory always gives a field commander added clout with his civilian overseers.
- CrowdMed is also a system where Ivy League diplomas and prestigious residencies carry no clout.
- If my side had had real clout, there would have been no Iraq War.
- Skelton mentions rochets 'of fyne Raynes'; Colin Clout, 316.
- Joe thought the fellow was loafing, so he hit him a clout on the head, and made very uncomplimentary remarks.
- The Nubian wore black tights and shirt, black slippers and a white skull cap and breech-clout.
- What, he that weares a clout about his necke,His cuffes ins pocket, and his heart ins mouth?
- There are instances, however, of clout in the sense of a plate of iron fastened on the sole of a shoe.